Showing posts with label Pediatric Nursing Care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pediatric Nursing Care. Show all posts

Friday, January 13, 2012

Principles of Pediatric Nursing Caring for Children

Publisher: Prentice Hall
5th edition - January 15, 2011
Hardcover: 1200 pages
ISBN-10: 0132111756
ISBN-13: 978-0132111751
 

Written for today’s nurse, PRINCIPLES OF PEDIATRIC NURSING: CARING FOR CHILDREN, 5/e explores the conditions and nursing interventions for health conditions affecting children, adolescents and their families. Emphasizing research and evidence-based practice, it organizes material by body system instead of developmental stage, allowing faculty to teach pediatrics in integrated courses/short courses without redundancy. This edition includes a new chapter on genetic and genomic influences, more emphasis on culturally competent care, and new features that emphasize clinical reasoning and health promotion. Designed to help students bridge the gap between classroom and clinical situations, the book emphasizes health promotion and maintenance, growth and development, and family-centered care. 

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Child Abuse and Neglect: A Diagnostic Guide For physicians, surgeons, pathologists, dentists, nurses and social workers

Publisher: Manson Publishing Ltd
1st edition - December 10, 2010
Hardcover: 272 pages
ISBN-10: 1840761237
ISBN-13: 978-1840761238
 

Written by and for professionals in disciplines ranging from general and child abuse pediatrics to surgery, emergency medicine, pathology, dentistry, nursing and social work, this book reflects the latest knowledge in this field. It contains high-quality representative photographs of diagnostic possibilities. The authors stress throughout the importance of including a broad range of possibilities in their differential diagnoses so that a non-inflicted condition is not labelled child abuse, and an inflicted injury cannot be mistaken for a more innocent condition. 

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Broadribb's Introductory Pediatric Nursing

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
7th edition - October 17, 2007
Paperback: 752 pages
ISBN-10: 0781777062
ISBN-13: 978-0781777063
 

The Seventh Edition of this colorful, student-friendly LPN/LVN textbook has been thoroughly revised to provide even more of the knowledge and skills today's students need to provide safe and effective pediatric care. The text covers foundations and special concerns of pediatric nursing, age-specific developmental information, and clinically-focused coverage of common pediatric illnesses and disorders, organized by growth and development. An updated art program includes hundreds of photographs and illustrations. Workbook pages at the end of each chapter include NCLEX-PN style review questions, study activities, critical thinking questions, and dosage calculations. 

Friday, January 6, 2012

Pediatric Nursing Caring for Children and Their Families

Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
3rd edition - February 9, 2011
Hardcover: 1496 pages
ISBN-10: 1111319626
ISBN-13: 978-1111319625
 

PEDIATRIC NURSING: CARING FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES, third edition, offers a dynamic and insightful guide to caring for pediatric clients. The authors embrace a holistic, family-centered approach to the care and nurturing of children in all states of health, exploring healthy growth and development milestones, as well as illness states and chronic conditions. All nursing care is framed within a family context, underscoring the importance of viewing children not just as individuals, but as members of a family. General nursing skills such as assessment, communication, and health promotion are presented within the pediatric framework to help nurses approach children and their families with an authentic, informed understanding of their conditions and needs. 

Introductory Maternity and Pediatric Nursing

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
2nd edition - September 23, 2009
Paperback: 1088 pages
ISBN-10: 0781785588
ISBN-13: 978-0781785587
 

The Second Edition of Introductory Maternity and Pediatric Nursing reflects the underlying philosophy of love, caring, and support for the childbearing woman, the child, and the families of these individuals. Recognizing that the responsibility of caring for the pregnant woman and ill child increasingly falls on the family, this text stresses teaching the patient, family, and child with an emphasis on prevention. This edition's updated full-color photos and drawings enliven and support the text, especially for visual learners.

A companion Website includes video clips related to developmental tasks of pregnancy, vaginal birth, Cesarean delivery, assisting with breastfeeding, developmental considerations in caring for children, care of the hospitalized child, and pediatric medication administration.
 

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Pediatric Facts Made Incredibly Quick

Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
2nd Revised edition - 1 Mar 2010
144 pages
ISBN-10: 1608311007
ISBN-13: 978-1608311002
 

"Pediatric Facts Made Incredibly Quick, 2/e" is the quick reference every nurse wants and needs. The soft, protective spiral-top binding permits quick access to information and a flat surface for reading. The wipeable surface allows the nurse to make notes on any page and remove them with an alcohol wipe. "Pediatric Facts MIQ, 2/e", covers topics every pediatric nurse uses every day and needs quickly for safe care, including age-related developmental milestones; adaptations in assessment techniques for pediatric patients; normal assessment findings for each age-group; abuse assessment; pediatric vital signs; pain assessment; immunization schedules; laboratory test results; conversions, calculations, injection sites, I.V. therapy, and infusion rates for pediatric patients; poison and falls prevention; emergency measures, including CPR and pediatric advanced life support (PALS); and, basics such as temperature and weight conversion charts, nutritional guidelines, common terms, an English-Spanish quick reference guide, and an easy, quick-to-use index. 

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Maternity and Pediatric Nursing

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
October 3, 2008
Hardcover: 1968 pages
ISBN-10: 0781780551
ISBN-13: 978-0781780551
 

Authors Susan Ricci and Terri Kyle have teamed up to deliver a unique resource for your students to understand the health needs of women and children. This new combination book, Maternity and Pediatric Nursing, will empower students to guide women and their children toward higher levels of wellness throughout the life cycle. The textbook emphasizes how to anticipate, identify, and address common problems to allow timely, evidence-based interventions. Features include threaded case studies throughout each chapter, multiple examples of critical thinking, and an outstanding visual presentation with extensive illustrations depicting key concepts. 

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Neonatal Formulary Drug Use in Pregnancy and the First Year of Life

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
6th edition - February 8, 2011
Paperback: 336 pages
ISBN-10: 1405196602
ISBN-13: 978-1405196604 

Now in its sixth edition, the Neonatal Formulary continues to provide advice on the safe use of drugs commonly given to babies during labor, delivery and the first month of life. In addition to the 230 monographs featured in the previous edition, 6 new drugs were added and all references have been updated.
An accompanying website offers regular updates and electronic cross-links to a wide range of other useful information for neonatologists and neonatal nurses, hospital pharmacists, obstetric staff or general practitioners.
 

Manual of Neonatal Respiratory Care

Publisher: Mosby
2nd edition - February 1, 2006
Paperback: 612 pages
ISBN-10: 0323031765
ISBN-13: 978-0323031769 

The Manual of Neonatal Respiratory Care offers a clear, clinical approach to all aspects of neonatal pulmonology! Access step-by-step guidance to normal lung development and physiology, cardiopulmonary assessment, neonatal respiratory failure, mechanical and conventional ventilation, commercial neonatal ventilators, high frequency ventilation, respiratory disease management, complications, pain, weaning, nursing care, procedures, pharmacologic agents, transport, alternative therapies, outcomes, and ethics. High quality radiographic images, figures, tables, algorithms, and case studies are also incorporated. Written and edited by international experts, this unique book is a must-have for any resident, fellow, respiratory therapist, nurse practitioner, or pediatrician working in the NICU. 

Friday, October 7, 2011

Nursing the Highly Dependent Child or Infant A Manual of Care

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
1st edition - December 9, 2008
Paperback: 360 pages
ISBN-10: 1405151765
ISBN-13: 978-1405151764
 

Nursing the Highly Dependent Child or Infant: A Manual of Care provides an accessible and clinical guide to the caring for the acutely ill child. It provides guidance on the specific nursing skills required to care for children and infants who require a 'step up' level of care from those on the general paediatric ward or a 'step down' level of care on discharge from neonatal or paediatric critical care facilities. 
Chapters follow a general systems approach, covering themes such as respiratory care, renal care and cardiac care as well as covering specialities such as neuro-trauma, burns and transportation of the acutely ill infant or child. Other areas explored include pain and sedation, monitoring and meeting the nutritional needs of the highly dependent child or infant. 


Managing Pain in Children A Clinical Guide

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
1st edition - April 14, 2009
Paperback: 256 pages
ISBN-10: 1405168943
ISBN-13: 978-1405168946
 

All children have a right to appropriate prevention, assessment and control of their pain. Managing Pain in Children is an evidence-based, practical guide to care in all areas of children's pain management, providing nurses and other health care practitioners with the skills and expertise necessary to manage children's pain effectively. 
The text first explores the relevant anatomy and physiology of children, the latest policy guidelines surrounding pain management and ethical issues involved in managing children's pain. It then goes on to look at the various pain assessment tools available for children and non-drug methods of pain relief. The text then goes on to apply these pain management principles to practice in relation to acute pain, chronic pain, palliative care and the management of procedural pain. Each of these chapters covers the evidence base, assessment techniques, pain relieving interventions, and guidance for best practice in both hospital and community settings. 

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Examination of the Newborn An Evidence Based Guide

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
17 Jun 2011
Paperback: 296 pages
ISBN-10: 1405197749
ISBN-13: 978-1405197748
 

Examination of the Newborn: An Evidence Based Guide is a practical and comprehensive guide for practitioners to enable them to undertake physical examination of neonates safely and competently. Incorporating the current UK Screening Committee NIPE Standards and Competencies, this book brings into focus what ?good practice? should look like against current national standards. 
A valuable resource for midwives, advanced neonatal nurse practitioners, and health visitors, as well as all other health professionals involved in the examination of the newborn, this text covers: 
*Neonatal examination and history taking
*Development of the heart and lungs and transition to extrauterine life.
*Cardiovascular and respiratory assessment of the baby
*Assessment of the neonatal skin and jaundice
*Examination of the eyes head and neck
*Examination of the abdomen and genitalia
*Abnormalities of the lower extremities including developmental dysplasia of the hip
*The dysmorphic infant and common congenital abnormalities
*Behavioural issues
 

Monday, September 26, 2011

Care of the Newborn by Ten Teachers

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
1st edition - April 12, 2010
Paperback: 197 pages
ISBN-10: 0340968419
ISBN-13: 978-0340968413
 

Part of the popular Ten Teachers series, Care of the Newborn by Ten Teachers presents a detailed account of care of the normal neonate, including the minor health problems that midwives are expected to deal with on a daily basis, and provides care and treatment strategies for the neonate and family. 
This is an essential text for all diploma and degree student midwives, as well as those on post-qualifying courses in neonatal care and midwives returning to practice courses. It is also a useful reference for qualified midwives, student nurses on the child branch, and neonatal nurses. 

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Compact Clinical Guide to Infant and Child Pain Management An Evidence-Based Approach for Nurses

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
1st edition - February 22, 2011
Paperback: 368 pages
ISBN-10: 082610617X
ISBN-13: 978-0826106179
 

Presented in a concise, systematic format, this clinically oriented book provides nurses and physicians quick access to up-to-date information on how to assess and manage pain in infants and children, including adolescents who suffer from acute and chronic pain conditions. This book provides a comprehensive review of medications for infants and children as well as nonpharmacological interventions to achieve optimal pain management for young patients undergoing needle-related procedures as well as painful conditions related to surgery, trauma, cancer, sickle cell disease, and chronic pain. 

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Foundations of Maternal & Pediatric Nursing

Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
3rd edition - February 11, 2010
Paperback: 384 pages
ISBN-10: 1428317767
ISBN-13: 978-1428317765

FOUNDATIONS OF MATERNAL & PEDIATRIC NURSING 3rd EDITION is a user-friendly resource that covers prenatal care, complications of pregnancy, birth, postpartum care, and newborn care. Childrearing from birth through 18 years of age is also covered. Each chapter contains a case study designed to assist the reader through the nursing process and to develop a customized plan of care for the client in the scenario. Abundant special features like, NCLEX style questions. 

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Critical Care of Children with Heart Disease Basic Medical and Surgical Concepts

Publisher: Springer
1st Edition - November 24, 2010
Hardcover: 774 pages
ISBN-10: 1848822618
ISBN-13: 978-1848822610
 

Critical Care of Children with Heart Disease will summarize the comprehensive medical and surgical management of the acutely-ill patient with congenital and acquired cardiac disease. The aim of the book is to teach bedside physicians, nurses and other caregivers, basic and practical concepts of anatomy, pathophysiology, surgical techniques and peri-operative management of critically ill children and adults with congenital heart disease, allowing these professionals to anticipate, prevent or else treat such pathologies. The book will cover specific cardiac lesions, review their anatomy, pathophysiology, current preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative assessment and management; medical and surgical complications will be briefly described with each lesion further discussed in specific chapters. In addition, the book will have dedicated chapters to management of cardiac patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, hemofiltration, hemo or peritoneal dialysis and plasma exchange. Practical guidelines for cardiovascular nursing care will be also included. 

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Pediatric Practice Infectious Diseases

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
1st edition - January 20, 2009
Hardcover: 808 pages
ISBN-10: 9780071489249
ISBN-13: 978-0071489249
 

Part of the Pediatric Practice series, Pediatric Practice: Infectious Diseases is filled with practical, clinically relevant guidance for successful infectious disease management. The care of the patient forms the core of this indispensable resource, which also provides perspectives on epidemiology, pathophysiology, and diagnosis that every pediatrician, infectious disease specialist, and pediatric nurse needs to know. 


Thursday, June 9, 2011

Manual of Ambulatory Pediatrics

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Fifth edition - April 24, 2003
496 pages
ISBN-10: 078174136X
ISBN-13: 978-0781741361
 

It provides quick, easy access to guidelines and protocols for the health supervision of children in ambulatory settings. 
Part I - Well Child Care: Is organized by age-span and includes specific factors to be investigated; areas to be assessed; age-appropriate information for anticipatory guidance in the physical, emotional, intellectual, and social aspects of development; and child-rearing issues. 
Part II - Common Pediatric Health Problems: Provides succinct protocols of management for 67 of the most common pediatric health problems, and includes etiology, incidence, communicability, differential diagnosis, management and nursing care, and in-depth family teaching. Current topics like AIDS, anorexia and bulimia are also covered. 
Part III - Drug Index: Current guidance for 68 commonly used drugs, organized in outline format. Administration, timing, side effects, complications, and re-ordering are discussed for each drug.


Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Paediatrics A Clinical Guide for Nurse Practitioners

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
1st edition - August 15, 2003
Paperback: 288 pages
ISBN-10: 0750649577
ISBN-13: 978-0750649575
 

This practical reference describes the clinical assessment, diagnosis, and management of common pediatric ambulatory conditions that are routinely managed by nurse practitioners. 



Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Nursing Excellence for Children and Families

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
1st edition - February 1, 2006
Paperback: 352 pages
ISBN-10: 9780826188151
ISBN-13: 978-0826188151
 

Written by nationally recognized experts, this book provides the gold standard of nursing care for infants, children, and families, including implications for children and families. Through systematic consensus building led by the American Academy of Nursing?s Child Family Expert Panel over a 4-year period, leaders of 12 nursing organizations have used their own organizational standards to identify the core elements required for successful nursing excellence.

Med-Surg Success A Course Review Applying Critical Thinking to Test Taking

Publisher: F.A. Davis Company  2nd edition - November 19, 2010  Paperback: 816 pages  ISBN-10: 0803625049  ISBN-13: 978-0803625044  The ro...